One of Joe Rogan‘s podcast guests worried fans after they heard an unusual noise during the show.
During a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the UFC commentator had on Jimmy Corsetti and Dan Richards, who, according to the episode description, are “independent researchers whose YouTube channels, Bright Insight and DeDunking the Past, respectively, examine lost civilizations and alternative history.”
At the beginning of the show, Rogan and his guests discussed the Roman ruins of Baalbek, a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. While Corsetti questioned the city’s origins, a snapping sound could be heard in the background.
“8:02 I thought bros neck broke,” user @plebhed commented on the episode after it was uploaded to YouTube. At the time of writing, it had been liked 22 times.
Thankfully, it was just the sound of Richards’ headphones falling off his head. “Whoops,” he said as Corsetti continued to share his theory about Baalbek.
Newsweek reached out to a spokesperson for Rogan via email for comment on Friday.
It is often believed that the Phoenicians—an ancient Semitic group of people—were the first to build significantly in Baalbek. However, it is unknown whether the Phoenicians were the first to build or if another culture existed before them. The Romans also built on Baalbek.
Corsetti strongly believes that an ancient civilization built Baalbek before both groups.
“If they’re going to say that this was created by the Romans—One, people need to understand that the Romans were renowned for documenting everything, yet this site is not credited to anybody. They don’t know exactly who did it or when, but the academics conclude that it had to have been the Romans or the Phoenicians because, of course, there was no one before them,” he said.
“There is evidence of at least two, but arguably three different architectures that were done at this site. And I would conclude that this is evidence that this site existed in prehistoric times. There’s also—I can show you encyclopedias that talk about Baalbek being prehistoric in nature dating back 11,000 years of human history.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Rogan criticized Bill Gates, claiming the billionaire is “responsible” for causing widespread harm during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rogan has previously spread misinformation about the virus, lockdowns and vaccines on his podcast.
When the vaccine emerged, anti-vaxxers spread claims that the former Microsoft CEO had placed microchips in the vaccine to track or influence people’s behavior. None of these conspiracy theories have been proven.
“Bill Gates, who’s on television telling everybody, ‘Get the vaccine, you won’t get COVID. And then afterward, that didn’t work after he had unloaded all of his stock, it wasn’t effective,” Rogan said during the episode, adding: “It turns out COVID wasn’t as bad as we thought it was. Well, you guys are really responsible for a bunch of people taking a medication that was unproven.”
Rogan addressed Gates: “You’re responsible for all the side effects. You’re responsible for all these, and you’re responsible for fearmongering, lying, closing down businesses, ruining economies, changing the political structure of the country.”
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